The latest metrics and statistics are out from Meta Linden this month, covering September. The August figures were widely described as disappointing.

Let's see how Second Life fared for September. Highlights after the fold.

Last night, just before midnight, we saw a sudden increase in the number of accounts reported as concurrently logged on. As Second Life drew towards the quietest part of the day, reported concurrency suddenly jumped 59,413 at 11:30PM SLT (US Pacific).

The topic, naturally, was the first one to be covered by Meta Linden at her weekly office hour. Apparently internal DNS (Domain Name System) problems, for a brief period caused avatars traveling between sims to be counted with a logged-in presence in multiple locations, essentially counting the number of user-teleports over the problem period, rather than the number of avatars.

The problem, Meta says, was identified, found, fixed, hammered flat, and is unlikely to recur.